New Madrid Earthquake Archives

Comments Off on New Madrid Earthquake Risk Bigger and More Powerful than ever Believed Imaginable??

“The U.S. Geological Survey updated their seismic hazards map last week, and in it, Kentucky is listed as one of 16 states at highest risk of earthquakes. USGS says the New Madrid Fault, which runs through a number of midwestern states, has been identified as an area that has potential for larger and more powerful quakes than previously thought.”

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“The exercise will focus on the New Madrid Seismic Zone, where an earthquake could potentially threaten parts of seven American states: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi.”

“Morgan Page and Susan Hough, from the USGS in Pasadena, Calif., have some bad news for residents around New Madrid: Conclusions that seismic activity in this region is tapering off are wrong, and large earthquakes are indeed a hazard.”

“At 10:17 a.m. on Oct. 17, millions of people in 37 states, the District of Columbia and portions of several countries are expected to ‘Drop, Cover and Hold On’ as they participate in the Great U.S. ShakeOut earthquake drill.”

“It’s a bleak scenario. A massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault kills or injures 60,000 people in Tennessee. A quarter of a million people are homeless. The Memphis airport — the country’s biggest air terminal for packages — goes off-line. Major oil and gas pipelines across Tennessee rupture, causing shortages in the Northeast. In Missouri, another 15,000 people are hurt or dead. Cities and towns throughout the central U.S. lose power and water for months. Losses stack up to hundreds of billions of dollars.”